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English
Etymology
The Wiltshire place-name may come from Old English *Claringa dūn, the hill associated with Clare (a personal name).
The parish in New Brunswick was named after a settlement, named in turn after British politician George Villiers, 4th Earl of Clarendon (1800 - 1870).
The typeface was named after the Clarendon Press, which was named after the Earl of Clarendon (a former chancellor of Oxford University).
Pronunciation
Proper noun
Clarendon (countable and uncountable, plural Clarendons)
- A royal palace near Salisbury, now ruined, or the country house built on its site.
- A peerage title (especially in reference to Edward Hyde, 1st Earl of Clarendon).
- A civil parish of Charlotte County, New Brunswick, Canada.
- A parish of Jamaica.
- A city, the county seat of Monroe County, Arkansas, United States.
- A city, the county seat of Donley County, Texas, United States.
- A habitational surname from Old English.
- A serif typeface.
Derived terms
Statistics
- According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Clarendon is the 193489th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 106 individuals.
Further reading
French
Etymology
The municipality is named after the English estate of Clarendon Park, famous for being the birthplace of the Constitutions of Clarendon.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kla.ʁən.dɔn/
- Hyphenation: Cla‧ren‧don
- Rhymes: -ɔn
Proper noun
Clarendon m
- A municipality of Pontiac, Outaouais, Quebec, Canada.
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